Anyone find themselves watching food network 24/7?
I am a foodie.. .my wife and I have travelled the world for good food and boy... do I miss food!! I watch food on TV constantly lol.
Soon to be finished with my 6th week of treatment.
God bless,
Jamie
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24/7 minus sleep & HGTV
Jamie,
Yes, the Food Network is popular at The H&N Diner. Have you tried the sweaty water or the cardboard potatoes? We are having a special on tasteless smoothies for the next few weeks. To help you we have both a PEG and Magic Mouth Wash bar to put you in the mood.
Food is a tasty subject.
Matt
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Food Network
Jamie
I watched it all the time with my dry mouth pretending to drowel over the fine dishes they prepared. Like Matt I also pretended I enjoyed the cardboard mashed potatoes I went to the kitchen for during commercial breaks.
You can see the light at the end of the tunnel. Congrats on the 6th week.
Jeff
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Love that channel
I did watch Foodnetwork All the time until recently. I love to cook - and have learned a lot from that channel.
But..
I can't eat anymore . I'm going the opposite direction of those just out of treatment. I can only eat soft foods for a few days after my esophagus is dilated. And then nothing. Its getting hard to watch food on TV. Even my family often eats meals when I am not present. I still cook for them occasionally. Easier to make them food I don't like as much. Tonight - blackened catfish - I'll make it extra spicy so I know I wouldn't eat it even if I could.
What I miss most - Fried chicken. We have travel states (not the world) for some good chicken!
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I never watched it before
I got sick....but it was my fav channel during treatment.....I was SO hungry....Dives and Diners was my favorite, but I'd still watch that channel all day if hubby didn't kick me off it.
I haven't watched it since about 2 months out of treatment tho.....
p
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Abi-Normal...
You are already displaying many signs of being part of the Ab-Normal Clan....
Many of us have had this strange behavior, you're not the first...
I took it to another level... I recorded (DVR) several food related channels, Best BBQ in the South, Man Against Food..., Anthony B, Bobby F, and Paula D are all friends of mine...
Sitting, drooling imaginary drool...
JG
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Food Network Rules!
Watched it all the time while in treatment, and for months afterward while I had a PEG tube and couldn’t eat real food (throat too burned from radiation). Watching that network was my way of eating vicariously. And it motivated me to keep eating something and use my throat muscles (even soft foods while I still had the PEG tube) so that I could go try those restaurants and those recipes once I was able to eat more normally. Keep the faith.
David
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oh yeah
daily line up includes
Anthony B and America's Test Kitchen.
As a glimmer of light to the foodies out there, my last rads were June 2013, taste went down about 50% but now taste is 95% returned to the old nornal. One percent is dry bread still catches a bit, likely due to slightly less saliva. One percent is fully cooked long grain rice has a very slight dry/chalk/pasty texture,taste and smell fine. Fully cooked short grain is fine. Three percent is accuracy/insensitivity to spice. Something off just enough to keep dishes from hitting the target. Most of us experience the anything spicy is too much stage. Interestingly enough, the issue is a slight insensivity to spice so I tend to overpower a bit, according to the others at the table. seems ok to me. LOL
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Yepdonfoo said:oh yeah
daily line up includes
Anthony B and America's Test Kitchen.
As a glimmer of light to the foodies out there, my last rads were June 2013, taste went down about 50% but now taste is 95% returned to the old nornal. One percent is dry bread still catches a bit, likely due to slightly less saliva. One percent is fully cooked long grain rice has a very slight dry/chalk/pasty texture,taste and smell fine. Fully cooked short grain is fine. Three percent is accuracy/insensitivity to spice. Something off just enough to keep dishes from hitting the target. Most of us experience the anything spicy is too much stage. Interestingly enough, the issue is a slight insensivity to spice so I tend to overpower a bit, according to the others at the table. seems ok to me. LOL
Been there, done that! I think it's a requirement during tx.
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BBQ Pitmasters
was Rob's favorite
Watched every marathon that was on. First restaurant we ate at was his favorite, Smokey Bones. Friends sent a gift card for it when he was ready to try. he loved it.
Sandy
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Me too! And I don't even
Me too! And I don't even like to cook. I saved all kinds of recipes thinking I'd try them when I felt better. Never did. In the mean time I would sip on my Ensure which tasted mostly like soap and hurt like hell going down.
Thankfully those days are over! There is light at the end of the tunnel.
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Triple D!phrannie51 said:I never watched it before
I got sick....but it was my fav channel during treatment.....I was SO hungry....Dives and Diners was my favorite, but I'd still watch that channel all day if hubby didn't kick me off it.
I haven't watched it since about 2 months out of treatment tho.....
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When my wife and i travel out of town we search the Diners, Drive-ins & Dives web site for locations in the city we are going to. Have found some great places and not-so-great ones, too. After being on a feeding tube for several months and going through the frustrations of getting back to my limited food choices, part of my Cancer Revenge List (sorta like a Bucket list) was to eat well when I could, so we watch the Food Network a lot to get ideas. My trismus has gotten pretty bad so my choices are limited. What I wouldn't give for one of those mouth-stretching bites out of a double green chili cheeseburger. Instead I have to nibble around the edges of a single burger, chew the hell out of it, and hope it doesn't get stuck on the way down. But, given the alternative to being a HNC survivor, I enjoy the foods I can eat and try to be as adventerous as I can.
Mike
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LMAOSkiffin16 said:Abi-Normal...
You are already displaying many signs of being part of the Ab-Normal Clan....
Many of us have had this strange behavior, you're not the first...
I took it to another level... I recorded (DVR) several food related channels, Best BBQ in the South, Man Against Food..., Anthony B, Bobby F, and Paula D are all friends of mine...
Sitting, drooling imaginary drool...
JG
My wife thought I was so weird the first 9 months of the year as I too would tape all the food shows even though I had a feeding tube. Off the tube but can only eat pureed food and liquids are a challenged but I have stopped watching the shows as I really want to naw on some ribs or sandwich and that probably will never happen
Jeff
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me too
When I was taking treatments last year, I watched the food network every day. My husband said he thought I substituted it for my food that I couldn't taste.
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Barbecue - Spicy - Chinese - Chili
Loved barbecue ribs, now can't eat. Same with chinese, chili, hot wings. Nearly 7 months post treatment. Will I ever be able to eat those items again?? (Same with candy, chocolates etc).
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me too!!Ron Silver said:Barbecue - Spicy - Chinese - Chili
Loved barbecue ribs, now can't eat. Same with chinese, chili, hot wings. Nearly 7 months post treatment. Will I ever be able to eat those items again?? (Same with candy, chocolates etc).
I never watched before treatment, but during treatment I would hook up my iv bag dinner and watch away!!! Now I watch very rarely. We must have needed to... I wonder if the food network knows about this, maybe they could do some custom shows for us.
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stacy, that's an AWESOMEstaceya said:me too!!
I never watched before treatment, but during treatment I would hook up my iv bag dinner and watch away!!! Now I watch very rarely. We must have needed to... I wonder if the food network knows about this, maybe they could do some custom shows for us.
stacy, that's an AWESOME idea!!!!!!!!!!! maybe you could send them an email with that suggestion. they might truly be interested in doing a show or 2 for cancer patients. let us know if you write them. have a Merry Christmas and Happy and Healthy New Year.
God bless you,
dj
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